Beginning January of 2024 Minnesota will be implementing its Earned Safe and Sick Leave program. Details are shown below.
- Minnesota employers with one or more employees are required to provide paid earned sick and safe leave (ESSL) to all employees who work for the employer within the state at least 80 hours during the year.
- Employees accrue one hour of ESSL for every 30 hours worked up to 48 hours per year.
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Carry over of ESSL. Employers are required to allow employees to carry over up to 80 hours of earned but unused ESSL into the following year unless the employer agrees to a more generous carryover.
Alternatively, employers can front-load ESSL by either:
- Providing 48 hours of ESSL at the beginning of the year if the employer pays out the accrued ESSL at the end of the previous year at the employee's hourly rate.
- Providing 80 hours of ESSL at the beginning of the year if the employer does not pay out ESSL at the end of the year.
Is there an easy way to create the necessary tracking payroll accounts for these requirements?
Thank you in advance for any help with this question!
